Pull handle and method of producing the same



June 2, 1964 E. J. ROOSSIEN 3,135,010

PULL HANDLE AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME Filed Aug. 7, 1961 INVENTOR. flme/ JRooawm 4X BY if -5. /4

United States Patent ()fifice 3,135,010 Patented June 2, 1964 Keeler Brass Company, Grand Rapids, Mich, a corporation of Michigan Filed Aug. 7, 1961, Ser. No. 129,907 6 Claims. (Cl. 16-112) This invention relates to pull handle and the method of producing the same. The main objects of this invention are:

First, to provide a pull or handle comprising a handle member proper'and attaching studs which are assembled as a unit and adapted to be installed for use as a unit.

Second, to provide a pull or handle having these advantages which may be greatly varied in design for ornamental purposes without departing from the structural features of this invention.

Third, to provide a method of manufacturing by which handles or pulls embodying this invention may be very economically produced.

Objects relating to details and economies of the invention will appear from the description to follow. The invention is defined and pointed out in the claims.

A preferred embodiment of the invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which:

FIG. 1 is a front perspective view of the handle assembly embodying my invention.

FIG. 2 is an enlarged fragmentary view on a line corresponding to line 2-2 of FIG. 1.

FIG. 3 is an enlarged fragmentary view on a line corresponding to line 3-3 of FIG. 1.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the handle of the embodiment of my invention illustrated.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of one of the attaching studs and backing plate fixedly secured thereto as initially produced and prior to the assembling of the parts by my method.

FIG. 6 is an end elevational view of the assembled handle and supporting and attaching stud illustrating one step in my method.

FIG. 7 is a fragmentary elevational view illustrating the second step in my method.

In the accompanying drawing, the handle 1 is provided with laterally projecting arms 2 provided with pintles 3 having enlargements 4 at their outer ends. This handle unit is desirably formed as a die casting, and it will be understood the design may be varied. In the embodiment illustrated the knob-like portions 5 are purely ornamental. The attaching studs 6 have spherically curved head portions 7 with bores 8 therein which, as the studs are initially formed, are cylindrical as shown in FIGS. 5 and 6. These bores 8 are dimensioned or are of such diameter as to permit the insertion of the heads 4 of the pintles 3 therethrough, see FIGS. 5 and 6.

After the pintles are inserted through these bores, the heads are upset transversely thereof so that the radial diameter of the bores in at least one plane is less than the radial diameter of the heads 4 of the pintles, the studs thus being retainingly secured to the spindles of the handle, or otherwise stated, becoming an assembled unit with the handle.

In the embodiment illustrated the inner ends of the studs are internally threaded as indicated at 9 to receive attaching screws or bolts, not illustrated. The backing plates 10 have holes 11 therein through which the inner ends of the studs are inserted, the studs being fixedly secured to these plates as by soldering or upsets conventionally indicated at 12. These backing plates illustrated are provided with rearwardly projecting peripheral flanges 13 of a width corresponding to the inwardly projecting ends of the studs so that when the assembled handle unit is attached to a drawer, for example, by means of screws engaged with the threads 9, the members 10 serve as bracing units relieving the attaching screws of torsional twist or strain in the manual manipulation of the handle.

The upsetting of the studs may be very economically accomplished. In the embodiment illustrated the stud unit in the form illustrated in FIGS. 5 and 6 is placed upon a supporting surface indicated conventionally at 14 and the outer end of the stud is upset or distorted from the shape shown in FIGS. 5 and 6 to that clearly shown in FIGS. 2 and 7 as by means of a punch press member conventionally shown at 15. This results in a unitary assembly which may be easily and quickly installed, but.

another very great advantage is that the units may be shipped complete, ready for installation, which avoids the necessity of the installer collecting and assembling the parts of the unit. While the supporting and attaching stem is of attractive design, it will be appreciated that:

the backing plate may be greatly varied in design and ornamentation as desired, and the design of the handle may be greatly varied.

I have illustrated and described a highly desirable embodiment of my invention and a simple means of practicing the method of my invention. I have not illustrated other embodiments and adaptations as it is believed that this disclosure will enable those skilled in the art to embody or adapt my invention as may be desired.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new and desired to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In combination, a handle having laterally projecting arms spaced longitudinally thereof and provided with pintles having enlargements at their outer ends, supporting and attaching studs having spherically curved heads at their outer ends provided with bores through which said pintles are disposed with the enlargements of the pintles opposite the arms, the heads of the studs being upset transversely thereof so that the pintle bores therein are of less diameter in one cross sectional direction than the diameters of the heads on the pintles, whereby the studs are retainingly connected to the pintles and constitute an assembled unit with the handle, the studs having inner end portions adapted to receive attaching means, and backing plates fixedly mounted on said studs and having rearwardly projecting peripheral flanges engageable with a surface to which the studs are attached.

2. In combination, a handle having laterally projecting arms spaced longitudinally thereof and provided with pintles having enlargements at their outer ends, supporting and attaching studs having spherically curved heads at their outer ends provided with bores through which said pintles are disposed with the enlargements of the pintles opposite the arms, the heads of the studs being upset transversely thereof so that the pintle bores therein are of less diameter in one cross sectional direction than the diameters of the heads on the pintles, whereby the studs are retainingly connected to the pintles and constitute an assembled unit with the handle, the studs having inner end portions adapted to receive attaching means, and backing plates fixedly mounted on said studs engageable with a surface to which the studs are attached.

3. In combination, a handle having laterally projecting arms spaced longitudinally thereof and provided with pintles having enlargements at their outer ends, supporting and attaching studs having spherically curved heads at their outer ends provided with bores through which said pintles are disposed with the enlargements of the pintles opposite the arms, the heads of the studs being upset trmsversely thereof so that the pintle bores therein are of less diameters in one cross sectional direction than the diameters of the heads on the pintles whereby the studs are retainingly connected to the pintles and constitute an assembled unit with the handle, the studs having inner end portions adapted to receive attaching means.

4. In combination, a handle having laterally projecting arms spaced longitudinally thereof and provided with pintles having enlargements at their outer ends, supporting and attaching studs having heads at their outer ends provided with bores through which said pintles are disposed with the enlargements of the pintles opposite the arms, the heads of the studs being upset transversely thereof so that the pintle bores therein are of less diameter in one cross sectional direction than the diameters of the heads on the pintles whereby the studs are retainingly connected to the pintles and constitute an assembled unit with the handle, the studs having inner end portions adapted to receive attaching means.

5. The method of assembling a handle having laterally projecting arms spaced longitudinally thereof and provided with laterally projecting pintles having enlargements at their outer ends and attaching studs having bores therein of a diameter exceeding the diameter of the heads of the pintles, including the steps of inserting the pintles with the heads thereon through the bores of the studs, and deforming portions of the studs at the outer sides of the bores therein until the internal diameter of the bores in the longitudinal plane of the studs is less than the diameter of the heads of the pintles, the degree of deformation of the studs being such that the pintles are free for pivotal movement thereof within the bores of the studs.

6. The method of assembling a handle having laterally projecting arms spaced longitudinally thereof and provided with laterally projecting pintles having enlargements at their outer ends and attaching studs having bores therein of a diameter exceeding the diameter of the heads of the pintles, including the steps of inserting the pintles with the heads thereon through the bores of the studs, and deforming portions of the studs having the bores therein until the internal diameter of the bores in at least one direction is less than the diameter of the heads of the pintles, the degree of deformation of the bores being such that the pintles are free for pivotal movement within the bores of the studs.

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4. IN COMBINATION, A HANDLE HAVING LATERALLY PROJECTING ARMS SPACED LONGITUDINALLY THEREOF AND PROVIDED WITH PINTLES HAVING ENLARGEMENTS AT THEIR OUTER ENDS, SUPPORTING AND ATTACHING STUDS HAVING HEADS AT THEIR OUTER ENDS PROVIDED WITH BORES THROUGH WHICH SAID PINTLES ARE DISPOSED WITH THE ENLARGEMENTS OF THE PINTLES OPPOSITE THE ARMS, THE HEADS OF THE STUDS BEING UPSET TRANSVERSELY THEREOF 